A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She was of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with and placed each on a high fire. In one he placed carrots, in the second , and in the last ground(磨碎的) coffee beans.
The daughter waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he the fire. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he poured the out and placed it in a cup. to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to the carrots. She did and said that they were . He then asked her to take an egg and it. After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She smiled, as she its rich aroma(芳香).
"What does it , Father?" she asked.
He explained that each of them had the same adversity(逆境), boiling water, but each reacted . The carrot went in strong and hard but then it turned softened and weak. The egg had been fragile(易碎的), but at last its inside became . The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
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解析试题分析:文章介绍一个女孩告诉爸爸她不知道生活如何成功,厌倦于努力,奋斗,想放弃,爸爸将她带到厨房,用胡萝卜,鸡蛋和咖啡分别在锅里面煮,让孩子看这三种东西的反应,从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。
【小题1】考查形容词:.A. tired累,疲倦,B. ashamed害羞,C. fond喜欢,D. proud骄傲,从前面的句子:A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it.可知女孩不知道生活如何成功,想放弃,选A。
【小题2】考查名词:A. hall大厅,B. kitchen厨房,C. living room起居室,D. bathroom卧室,从后面的内容:He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high 25 .可知爸爸把女儿带到厨房,选B
【小题3】考查名词:A. milk牛奶,B. sugar糖,C. water水,D. powder粉末,凑个后面的内容可知爸爸把三个锅里面放上水,每个放在火上,选C。
【小题4】考查名词:A. rice米饭,B. eggs鸡蛋,C. apples苹果,D. potatoes土豆,"从后面的Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied,可知这里是鸡蛋。选B。
【小题5】考查副词:A. impolitely礼貌地,B. carelessly粗心地,C. vengefully复仇心切地,D. impatiently不耐烦地,从后面的句子:asking repeatedly what he was doing,可知女孩不耐烦的等待,选D。
【小题6】考查词组:A. put on张贴,B. put off推迟,C. turned on打开,D. turned off关掉,这些锅是放在炉子上烧的,这里是关掉炉子,选D。
【小题7】考查动词:A. wiped擦,B. pulled拉,C. cleaned打扫,清洁,D. washed洗,这里是指把鸡蛋从锅里面捞出来。选B。
【小题8】考查名词:A. wine酒,B. pot锅,C. beans豆,D. coffee咖啡,把咖啡倒出来,倒在杯子里面。选D。
【小题9】考查动词:A. Lying躺,B. Talking谈论,C. Turning转弯,D. Devoting投入,奉献,爸爸向弄潮儿转身说:亲爱的,你看见了什么?选C。
【小题10】考查动词:A. cut切割,B. buy买,C. feel感觉,摸,D. cook烧,从后面的句子:She did and noted that they were soft.可知爸爸是让女儿摸胡萝卜,选C
【小题11】考查形容词:A. soft柔软的,B. hard硬的,C. cold冷的,D. dirty脏的,从后面的The carrot went in strong and hard but then it turned softened and weak.可知选A。
【小题12】考查动词:A. sell卖,B. boil煮,C. hold抓住,D. break打破,爸爸叫女儿拿出一个鸡蛋,打破它。选D。
【小题13】考查名词:A. plug塞子,插头B. shell壳,C. road公路,D. program计划,从后面的句子:she observed the hard-boiled egg!可知女儿拨开鸡蛋壳,看见煮熟的鸡蛋,选B。
【小题14】考查动词:A. made制作,B. tasted品尝,C. served服务,D. observed观察,当女儿喝着味道很棒的咖啡的时候,她笑了,选B。
【小题15】考查动词:A. mean意味着,B. cost花费,C. matter重要,D. contain包含,女儿问爸爸这是什么意思?选A。
【小题16】考查动词:A. faced面对,B. studied学习,C. provided提供,D. recognized认出,爸爸说他们三个都面临这逆境。选A。
【小题17】考查副词:A. finally最后,B. equally平等地,C. differently不同地,D. successfully成功地,句意:它们都有相同的逆境,但是反应不一样,选C。
【小题18】考查形容词:A. upset不安的,B. hardened变硬的,C. effective有效的,D. accustomed习惯的,可知鸡蛋本来是易碎的,但是煮过后变硬了,选B。
【小题19】考查动词:A. wasted浪费,B. skimmed略读,C. polluted污染的,D. changed改变,咖啡豆的味道很独特,改变了水,选D。
【小题20】考查动词:A. find发现,B. know知道,C. respond回答,D. practise练习,爸爸问孩子如果逆境敲你的门,你怎么回应?选C。
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My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and . All the students were working a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no of stopping. I walked down the row and found was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
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After another ten minutes, the students were to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoebox. Then Donna hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
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She turned the students and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student and said, “I Can’t,” Donna pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
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The husband . So each of them went to a(n) room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their .
“ I’ll start,” offered the wife. She her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband, the husband seated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the that you are. I don’t want you to anything for me.”
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One day I decided to quit.I quitted my job, my relationship, my spirituality. I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the 36 to have one last talk with God. "Can you give me one good 37 not to quit?" His answer surprised me.
"Look around. Do you see the fern(蕨类植物) and the bamboo? When I planted their seeds, I took good care of them.The fern quickly grew from the earth. 38 nothing came from the bamboo seed. During the following three years, the fern grew more plentiful. And 39 , nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. Then in the fifth year a 40 sprout(新芽) emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was 41 small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo 42 to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing 43 . Those roots made it strong and gave it 44 it needed to survive. I wouldn’t give any of my creations a challenge it could not 45 .”
He said to me. "All this time you have been struggling, you have 46 been growing roots. I would not quit on the bamboo. 47 will I ever quit on you. Don't 48 yourself with others.The bamboo had a different 49 from the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your time will 50 . You will rise high! "
"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked 51 .
"As high as it can?" I 52 .
"Yes," He said. "Give me glory 53 rising as high as you can."
I left the forest and bring back this story. I hope it can help you see that God will never 54 on you. Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you 55 . Both are necessary to life.
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Pete Rose was a great baseball player. Though I have never met him, he taught me something that changed my life.
Pete was being in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb's all-time hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest . How many at-bats(击球)do you think it'll take you to get the 78 hits?" Without hesitation, Pete just at the reporter and said,"78." The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don't think you'll get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you?"
Mr. Rose calmly his philosophy(哲理,观点) with the reporters who were waiting for his reply to the claim. "Every time I up to the plate(击球区),I to get a hit! I have it in mind,I have no right to step into the batter's(击球手)box! It is expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place."
When I thought about Pete Rose's and how it applied to everyday ,I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person,I was hoping to increase my . As a father,l was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man,I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson,I was not so a father,and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not ! I wanted to be a great salesperson,a great father and a great husband. I my attitude to a positive one,and the results were .I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips,I won Coach of the Year in my baseball league,and I share a loving relationship with my wife,Karen,with whom I am to enjoy the rest of my life!
,Mr. Rose!
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My son was badly hurt in a fire. After he 36 from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months 37 it took long for the skin to stop shrinking (收缩). So, he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch 38 on his face.
I said to my son, “Keaton, 39 will pay any more attention to your scar 40 you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother 41 .” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head 42 high — glad he was alive.
43 , everyone has scars and shortcomings. Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, 44 you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer 45 .
But you see, like Keaton’s scar, people will only judge you by your looks, or your 46 , or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false 47 .
One of my friends in college was very 48 . At first, when people met him, they noticed his 49 for about 10 seconds. This man felt 50 about himself and spent most of his time 51 about other people’s comfort and welfare(幸福). 52 , people ignored his looks. What people 53 was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t treat him as an ugly man.
Therefore, concentrate on what you value 54 yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same 55 .
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C,D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For centuries, magicians have used various ways to shock the audience. We all have seen how a 36 performer carefully steps 37 a bed of burning coals -- barefoot. Then he walks across 38 a single burn on his feet. Is it mind over matter, or is it just physics? As it turns __39 , walking on burning coals isn’t that hot as 40 . “The coals are hot enough to 41__ you, but if you walk quickly across them you 42 being burned.” says Jonathan Hall, a physician at Penn State University in Eric Pennsylvania.
That’s because some coals are made 43 burning wood chips. Wood has two 44__ properties(特性)for fire-walking, explains Hall. First, wood is an insulator(绝缘体)--it doesn’t __45 heat very well. “It 46 _ time for heat to travel 47 the wood to your feet.” Hall says. If the performer walked across red-hot metal 48 , that would truly be 49 , because metal conducts, or transmits, heat very well. The metal would 50 burn a performer’s feet.
Second, wood has a low specific heat-- it doesn’t take much heat to 51 its temperature. Heat is a form of 52 . Temperature is a 53 of heat, in units of degrees. So 54 the coals are hot, the value(数值)of heat energy they contain is low. Thus, a well-trained performer can 55 such an amazing result.
Still, you don’t want to walk on burning coals, do you?
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